Alternative

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Album

Songs Of A Lost World. Cure

68th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Performance

Alone. Cure

67th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Album

All Born Screaming. St. Vincent

67th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Performance

Flea. St. Vincent

66th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Album

The Record. boygenius

66th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Performance

This Is Why. Paramore

65th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Album

Wet Leg. Wet Leg

65th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Performance

Chaise Longue. Wet Leg

64th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Album

Daddy's Home. St. Vincent

63rd Annual Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Album

Fetch The Bolt Cutters. Fiona Apple

About Alternative

Music Facts: Alternative

Alternative rock was born from the indie underground in the 1970s and reached mainstream popularity in the 1990s.
Today, alternative has evolved beyond its guitar-driven roots to a sound that encompasses many genres, such as pop, rock, rap, and Latin.
Recent alternative GRAMMY winners include Fiona Apple, Vampire Weekend and Beck.

Every Alternative category, ceremony by ceremony.

Year	Category	Winner	Work	Actions
2026	Best Alternative Music Album	Cure	Songs Of A Lost World	All Nominees
2026	Best Alternative Music Performance	Cure	Alone	All Nominees
2025	Best Alternative Music Album	St. Vincent	All Born Screaming	All Nominees
2025	Best Alternative Music Performance	St. Vincent	Flea	All Nominees
2024	Best Alternative Music Album	boygenius	The Record	All Nominees
2024	Best Alternative Music Performance	Paramore	This Is Why	All Nominees
2023	Best Alternative Music Album	Wet Leg	Wet Leg	All Nominees
2023	Best Alternative Music Performance	Wet Leg	Chaise Longue	All Nominees
2022	Best Alternative Music Album	St. Vincent	Daddy's Home	All Nominees
2021	Best Alternative Music Album	Fiona Apple	Fetch The Bolt Cutters	All Nominees
2020	Best Alternative Music Album	Vampire Weekend	Father Of The Bride	All Nominees
2019	Best Alternative Music Album	Beck	Colors	All Nominees
2018	Best Alternative Music Album	The National	Sleep Well Beast	All Nominees
2017	Best Alternative Music Album	David Bowie	Blackstar	All Nominees
2016	Best Alternative Music Album	Alabama Shakes	Sound & Color	All Nominees
2015	Best Alternative Music Album	St. Vincent	St. Vincent	All Nominees
2014	Best Alternative Music Album	Vampire Weekend	Modern Vampires Of The City	All Nominees
2013	Best Alternative Music Album	Gotye	Making Mirrors	All Nominees
2012	Best Alternative Music Album	Bon Iver	Bon Iver	All Nominees
2011	Best Alternative Music Album	The Black Keys	Brothers	All Nominees
2010	Best Alternative Music Album	Phoenix	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix	All Nominees
2009	Best Alternative Music Album	Radiohead	In Rainbows	All Nominees
2008	Best Alternative Music Album	White Stripes	Icky Thump	All Nominees
2007	Best Alternative Music Album	Gnarls Barkley	St. Elsewhere	All Nominees
2006	Best Alternative Music Album	White Stripes	Get Behind Me Satan	All Nominees
2005	Best Alternative Music Album	Wilco	A Ghost Is Born	All Nominees
2004	Best Alternative Music Album	White Stripes	Elephant	All Nominees
2003	Best Alternative Music Album	Coldplay	A Rush Of Blood To The Head	All Nominees
2002	Best Alternative Music Album	Coldplay	Parachutes	All Nominees
2001	Best Alternative Music Album	Radiohead	Kid A	All Nominees
2000	Best Alternative Music Album	Beck	Mutations	All Nominees
1999	Best Alternative Music Album	Beastie Boys	Hello Nasty	All Nominees
1998	Best Alternative Music Album	Radiohead	Ok Computer	All Nominees
1997	Best Alternative Music Album	Beck	Odelay	All Nominees
1996	Best Alternative Music Album	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged In New York	All Nominees
1995	Best Alternative Music Album	Green Day	Dookie	All Nominees
1994	Best Alternative Music Album	U2	Zooropa	All Nominees
1993	Best Alternative Music Album	Tom Waits	Bone Machine	All Nominees
1992	Best Alternative Music Album	R.E.M.	Out Of Time	All Nominees
1991	Best Alternative Music Album	Sinéad O'Connor	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got	All Nominees